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Batocrinus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4874263	https://www.gbif.org/species/4874263
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	31707	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31707

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Batocrinidae : Batocrinus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Monobathrida : Batocrinus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Crinozoa	Matsumoto 1929
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Camerata	Wachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclass	Eucamerata	Cole 2017
order	Monobathrida	Moore and Laudon 1943
genus	Batocrinus	Casseday 1854

Scientific Name

Batocrinus Casseday, 1854

Name Published In

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Batocrinus	genus	belongs to Monobathrida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

354 - 343 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Monobathrida)

Vision

blind (based on Crinoidea)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Monobathrida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Crinoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Batocrinus adamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus agnatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus albersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus approximatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus argutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus asper species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus asperatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus basilicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus broadheadi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus cognatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus complanatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus consanguineus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus decrepitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus euconus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus folliculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus gallatinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus germanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus glaber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus hodgsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus imparilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus inconsuetus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus inopinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus inornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus insperatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus insuetus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus jessieai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus laura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus levigatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus levis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus macbridei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus modulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus nanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus neglectus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus nitidulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus nodulosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus oblatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus parvulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus peculiaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus planus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus politus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus polydactylus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus procerus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus proximus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus pulchellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus quasillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus reliquus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus repositus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus rotuliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus sampsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus scitulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus sedaliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus solitarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus speciosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus springeranus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus spurius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus subovatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus subrotundus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus trochiscus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus tuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus venustulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus veseratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus vetustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus vicinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Batocrinus wachsmuthi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1854	Batocrinus Casseday
2002	Batocrinus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Invertebrate Paleontology Collection - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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